Preliminary clinical experience of laparoscopic repair of esophageal hiatal hernia / 中国微创外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To summarize the clinical experience of laparoscopic repair of esophageal hiatal hernia.Methods A total of 15 cases of esophageal hiatal hernia underwent laparoscopic hernia repair and fundoplication from May 2004 to April 2005 in this division.There were 4 cases of type Ⅰ hernia(all of which presented severe gastroesophageal reflux disease),10 cases of type Ⅱ hernia,and 1 case of type Ⅲ.Surgical procedures included laparoscopic Nissen total fundoplication in 9 cases,Toupet partial fundoplicatin in 4 cases,and Dor partial fundoplication in 2.Symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease,including heart burn,dysphagia,regurgitation,chest pain,and belching,were evaluated by using the Visual Analogue Scales(VAS) at preoperative period,1 postoperative month,and 6 postoperative months,respectively.Results No conversion to open surgery was required in this study.The operative time ranged 100~187 min(mean,125 min).The postoperative hospital stay was 2~5 days(mean,2.8 days).All the patients were followed for 1~12 months(mean,8.5 months).No hernia recurrence was found.The VAS scores decreased from 5.0?3.9 preoperatively to 0.9?1.3 at 1 month postoperatively(t=3.823,P